Hi there, On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, David Jacobs wrote:
> I'm converting a few CGI scripts that used the PID as a cyclical unique > number (in concert with TIMESTAMP - so it was TIMESTAMP.PID). > > Our goal is to find a replacement function that is extremely cheap > (cheaper than say, random(1000000)) and will never repeat. Any ideas? Have a look at Time::HiRes? 73, Ged.